Global Logistics Market Forecast to Reach $1,040.6 billion by 2012 Says New Report

Sept. 24, 2009 - PRLog -- Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a market report

The report “Logistics: Global Industry Guide” available at http://www.reportbuyer.com/go/DAT00023 is a resource for data and analysis covering the logistics industry. It includes detailed information on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

The logistics market is composed of all expenditure from the transportation, distribution and management of the retail, consumer electronics, and automotive, hi-tech and pharmaceutical sectors. This total expenditure includes costs incurred in-house as well as those, which are outsourced to an external party.

Some of the report’s highlights include:

   * The global logistics market grew by 7.3% in 2007 to reach a value of $804.6 billion.
   * In 2012, the global logistics market is forecast to have a value of $1,040.6 billion, an increase of 29.3% since 2007.
   * Retail logistics services dominate the global logistics market with 63.9% of the market's value.
   * Americas accounts for 35.2% of the global logistics market's value.

The report “Logistics: Global Industry Guide” is available from Report Buyer at:
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